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Tallahassee Pool Season: the Year on One Bar
Last updated: July 15, 2026 · dates · water temp
This is the one-page view of Tallahassee's pool year: both model windows, the estimated water-temperature curve, and today's live position on the season bar. The detailed checklists live on the opening and closing guides; this page is the calendar you check between them.
The bar compresses Tallahassee's whole pool year into one lane rope: gray floats for the off-season, hollow teal for the February 21–March 14 opening window, solid teal for swim weeks, hollow amber for the closing stretch that ends November 14. Wherever the today marker sits, the nearest color change is your next appointment.
The Tallahassee pool calendar
Opening — target February 28
Open by February 28 — a two-week head start on the March 14 crossing keeps startup chemistry small and beats the local service rush.
Closing — deadline November 14
Hold the cover until November 11, then winterize by November 14, a week ahead of the November 21 freeze normal. Late and cold beats early and warm.
Estimated water temperature by month
This is Tallahassee's typical-year water curve: the same EWMA model as the live widget, run on the 1991–2020 normals instead of this week's weather.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53° | 53° | 59° | 65° | 72° | 79° | 82° | 83° | 81° | 75° | 65° | 57° |
Warmest water typically June–September (peaking near 83°F); heaters and covers shift any month up.
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Data: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals via Tallahassee (6.0 mi); live outlook by Open-Meteo. Attribution: sources · assumptions: methodology.